Marvin Gaye

The Seven Best Songs for Earth Day

Today marks the 43rd Earth Day, and to celebrate, we over at DC9 at Night put together a list of some of our favorite songs about the large, luscious planet we call home. Make sure to add any favorite environmentally-themed songs in the comment section below. Happy Earth Day!

Bettye LaVette

Thursday, November 29, at The Kessler Theater

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Weekend, Nov. 29-Dec. 2

Bettye LaVette, Bobby Patterson Thursday, November 29, at The Kessler Theater, $25-$35 Bettye LaVette's 1965 single "Let Me Down Easy" was the song that should have put the Detroit singer in the ranks of the Supremes and Marvin Gaye. LaVette's fame came later in life, however, namely as she's re-eme ... More >>

Last Night on The Voice, Anthony Evans Moved From Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship to Team Xtina

Might as well put my faithful Voice viewing to good use, though no doubt in coming weeks Audra will follow Anthony Evans's reality-TV travails over on DC9 at Night. But even before the Marvin Gaye-covering Evans was intro'd as a Dallas native last night it was clear who he was: Not only is he an es ... More >>

Bass Great Chuck Rainey, the Soul of Steely Dan, Is Recovering in Bedford Following a Stroke

​An old friend who knows of my lifelong love affair with Steely Dan sends this note I somehow managed to miss: Chuck Rainey, the band's more-or-less bassist from Pretzel Logic in '74 to Gaucho six years later, suffered a stroke Friday night. Susan Rainey, the second Mrs., writes on the official we ... More >>

"If You Don't Respect the Public, Why Are You in Public Service?" One in Carla Ranger's Series.

Billboard designed by Thomas Wilson​Though there are a few exceptions to the rule, for the most part any one Dallas City Council member may pull an item from the council's agenda and have it deferred till the next voting agenda meeting. Not so with the Dallas Independent School District, not ... More >>

Walk Like a Man

Hard Rock Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Michael Jackson's Old Stuff

​FYI: The Hard Rock Cafe totally still exists. Believe it or not, we actually have one here in Dallas. And, on Saturday, the chain dedicated to rock 'n' roll history, iconic t-shirts and overpriced bar food is celebrating 40 years in the biz. According to the note we just got from the Hard Rock fo ... More >>

Hold On: The Ten Best Singalong Scenes In Film

"Someday somebody's gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye..."​Twenty-one years ago today, Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" shot all the way up the Billboard charts to become the No. 1 song in America. Somewhat adorably, the honor came 25 years after two-thirds of the vocal group's father, Bri ... More >>

Diana Ross

Wednesday, March 2, at The Majestic Theatre

Listomania: Seven Albums Worth Your Valentine's Day Smooching Time

​Yup, it's Valentine's Day. Most romantic night of the year. And, hey, you're totally prepared. You've got it all worked out -- the candle-light dinner, the moonlit walk in the park, the bottle of wine that you actually paid more than $12 on for once. It's gonna be perfect.What could go wrong? Abs ... More >>

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

Listomania: Top Five Musician National Anthem Fails

Honestly, "The Star-Spangled Banner" can be a beating even when performed in a competent manner. Only a select few have ever really knocked it out of the park -- Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Jose Feliciano, etc. -- and most of them had to change up the song considerably to do so. Your average pop mu ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Ryan Bingham at House of Blues, The Soft Pack and Those Darlins at Sons of Hermann, Mayer Hawthorne at The Loft, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at Trees, Big K.R.I.T. and Curren$y at Club Life, and Two Cow Garage at Double Wide

Tonight is insanely busy. It's obnoxious, really. Thanks, ACL!

Boyz Will Be Boyz

How R&B has descended into Rap and Bullshit

What No. 1 Songs Tell Us About Inaugurations

History, as predicted by Inauguration Day's No. 1 hits

Tough Breaks

Presenting the best breakup albums of all time

Fats Washington's "I Got Inducted Into The West Coast Blues Hall Of Fame 30 Years After The Fact Blues"

Trey Songz, J. Holiday

Monday, March 17, at House of Blues

Fair to Midland Grind on with New Single, Tour

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year's most timeless records

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

What's Going On? (Shout! Factory)

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 13

2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

Me'Shell Ndegeocello

Comfort Woman (Maverick)

Black Thing

The teacher, not the teaching, makes this School of Rock

Real Thing

Ashford and Simpson don't cost nothing

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Bobby Patterson

Soul Is My Music (Sundazed)

Brothers in Arms

You can't hurry love, which was too bad for Motown's musicians

Remy Shand

May 17

Deadman, Walking

Deadman finds the heart of Texas in Mexico

Maxwell, Angie Stone

December 7 and 8

Res

How I Do (MCA)

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

Soul brother No. 1

Quiet! Do not disturb while Bobby Patterson is making love to a microphone on KKDA-AM

Feel his pain

Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli is the unsexiest sexy mutha you'll ever meet

Reeling inthe years

It's deja vu all over again with the rerelease of The Big Chill

Night & Day

September 3 - 9, 1998

Sucking on the '70s

A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade

Sucking on the '70s

A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Roadshows

The last roundup

Soul Food Cafe throws in the towel

Roadshows

Roadshows

Gettin' the Shaft

'Black Moses' emerges from the bulrushes with two albums and a broken heart

Roadshows